Vistara, India's full-service airline, has secured more money from its promoters. This is the latest in a series of monetary infusions, and it comes ahead of the summer schedule. The airline is also growing, with more personnel being hired, more planes being added, and its network being expanded. All of these efforts are likely to be aided by the additional funds in the pot. Vistara's promoters have injected another 500... Read More
As Vistara focuses on growing capacity utilisation, expanding fleet, and improving overall services, the full-service carrier plans to dramatically increase its workforce size to a total of 5,000 people by the end of this year. The airline currently employs roughly 4,000 people. The airline industry is seeing a surge in traffic figures after being severely hurt by the coronavirus pandemic, especially the third wave, which heavily impacted air traffic that... Read More
Air India and AirAsia India, two aviation wings of Tata Group, have signed a contract on interline considerations on irregular operations (IROPs), which will allow the duo to transfer the passengers from one flight to another during disruptions in flight operations. This is the first official step after Air India takeover from the government of India and hints at the long-term possibility of merging AirAsia India into Air India. Air... Read More
Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL) is the third busiest airport in India, according to the latest statistics released by the Airports Authority of India (AAI). The airport stood at the third position in the country in terms of international traffic in December 2021, a feat it has been enjoying for more than a year. According to AAI’s data on international passenger traffic, Cochin airport recorded 3,01,338 passengers. Delhi Indira Gandhi... Read More
India’s full-service carrier Vistara will waive the change fees for one-time rescheduling on all direct bookings with the airline until March 31. Direct bookings are the tickets booked directly with the airline, and hence, this change fee waiver will not be applicable to the air ticket bookings via travel agents or platforms like Cleartrip or MakeMyTrip. Vistara confirms that the airline has witnessed a drastic reduction in ticket booking as... Read More
With Air India privatization, the biggest speculation that churned the internet was about the possible merger of Vistara with Air India. Putting an end to the rumour mill, Tata Singapore Airlines Chairman Bhaskar Bhat confirmed that no such strategic merger talks are in place. In an interview given ET, Bhat said that Tata Group targets to run Air India as a parallel entity alongside Vistara. According to him, any talk... Read More
Vistara, a full-service air carrier based out of India added 12 new aircraft to its fleet in the last 21 months. According to a PTI report, the airline has more than 50 aircraft now and 12 of which were added in the last 21 months. Since Vistara’s launch on January 9, 2015, the airline has flown over 30 million passengers in both domestic and international markets. For the unaware, Vistara... Read More
Vistara, a subsidiary of Tata Sons, is celebrating its ‘7th Anniversary’ with a special discount in tariff for domestic and international travel. Vistara anniversary celebration offer is only valid for 48 hours. The passengers have to book before midnight on January 7 to avail Vistara offer. “In celebration of our 7th Anniversary, we are happy to announce special fares across our domestic and international network. For domestic, one-way all-in fares... Read More
Vistara has announced that Vinod Kannan has taken over as the airline’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Kannan succeeded Leslie Thng, who served as CEO from July 16, 2017, to December 31, 2021, according to a statement from the carrier. “I am honoured to be given the opportunity to carry forward the momentum that Mr Leslie Thng has built during his time at Vistara. I look forward to continuing strengthening Vistara’s... Read More
Singaporean budget airline Scoot announced new flights to India. The airline has launched flights to six major Indian destinations, including Coimbatore, Tiruchirappalli, Vishakhapatnam, Hyderabad, Amritsar and Trivandrum. Among the six destinations, flights to Trivandrum, Coimbatore and Vishakhapatnam are new additions. The services started on December 28, 2021. The airline has announced launch offers, which the passengers can grab if booked via Scoot airline’s mobile app or website. The flights will... Read More
While Tata Group is all set to take over the operations of Air India by January 23, 2022, the group plans to merge low-fare airline AirAsia India with Air India Express. With the merger, Tata Group intends to create a single airline entity. Economic Times reported that Tata Group might operate AirAsia India on domestic skies and use the airline to extend Air India Express’ international network. Air India Express... Read More
As a special holiday offer, Emirates has announced it will operate double daily flights to Seychelles from December 24, 2021, until January 09, 2022. Two days – December 29 and 30 -- are excluded from the schedule. Emirates already operates a daily flight to Seychelles using its Boeing 777-300ER aircraft. The second daily service is expected to boost tourism to the island nation, which is famous for its winter holidays.... Read More
After two decades of running on losses, finally, Air India will not continue on Rs 20 Crore per day of the taxpayer’s money. It went through two aborted missions, more than a few changes in the ministers, and multiple rule changes to finally get privatized. In response to the opposition Congress continuously criticising the decision and even describing it as selling the family silver, DIPAM secretary Tuhin Kanta Pandey, in... Read More
After close to seven decades, Air India has made its way back to the Tata Group. While this was the expected outcome, hearing it officially makes it even sweeter. The cash-strapped airline had become a burden for the government, and it was high time for it to be privatised. Air India was nationalised way back in 1953. According to a Times of India (TOI) report, Tata’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Talace Pvt... Read More
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